http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room Welcome to the Adept Scientific Press Room Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:31:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/05/12/the-configurability-of-nwas-software-was-very-attractive/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/05/12/the-configurability-of-nwas-software-was-very-attractive/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 13:57:18 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=3756
as was its [Quality Monitor] non-restrictive structure and the fact that it could easily be developed and adapted to our particular, and changing, needs.” Keith John, Quality Manager, BAS Components]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/05/12/the-configurability-of-nwas-software-was-very-attractive/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/04/28/spc-casebook-consistency-improvements-accompany-customer-relations-benefits-for-plastic-film-pioneers/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/04/28/spc-casebook-consistency-improvements-accompany-customer-relations-benefits-for-plastic-film-pioneers/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:21:53 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=3742
Learn how leading manufacturer of metallised films and laminates, Camvac Limited, has realised production and customer benefits with the introduction of Northwest Analytical’s (NWA) Statistical Process Control (SPC) software, Quality Monitor and Quality Analyst.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/04/28/spc-casebook-consistency-improvements-accompany-customer-relations-benefits-for-plastic-film-pioneers/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/02/24/spc-nwa-quality-monitor-casebook-engineering-process-quality-for-fasteners-leader/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/02/24/spc-nwa-quality-monitor-casebook-engineering-process-quality-for-fasteners-leader/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:24:09 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=3719
BAS Components, a major supplier of Proprietary ‘Flangeform’ fasteners with ‘in Die’ and robotic cell automation technology, chooses NWA’s Quality Monitor to enhance its processes and customer satisfaction levels.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2010/02/24/spc-nwa-quality-monitor-casebook-engineering-process-quality-for-fasteners-leader/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/08/26/a-food-focused-quality-event/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/08/26/a-food-focused-quality-event/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:17:02 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=3451
An exclusive SPC event for the food industry is being organised by technical computing specialists Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) and SPC software developers Northwest Analytical (Portland, Oregon). Taking place at Hook Norton Brewery, Oxon, on Wednesday 7th October 2009 delegates will see how SPC and continuous process improvement can be used to manage all stages [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/08/26/a-food-focused-quality-event/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/06/18/kettle-expanding-with-spc/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/06/18/kettle-expanding-with-spc/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2009 12:32:21 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=3254
Kettle Foods has implemented SPC in the Salem plant with a combination of NWA Quality Monitor for data collection at the production line and NWA Quality Analyst for supervisory and management analytics and reporting. The direct process used includes incoming inspection of raw materials – potatoes, oil and seasonings ­– and handling process data at the [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/06/18/kettle-expanding-with-spc/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/03/12/spc-casebook-how-kettle-foods-maintained-the-quality-of-the-artisan-potato-chip-and-achieved-high-volume-production/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/03/12/spc-casebook-how-kettle-foods-maintained-the-quality-of-the-artisan-potato-chip-and-achieved-high-volume-production/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:23:11 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=3048
How Kettle Foods maintained the quality of the artisan potato chip and stepped up from small scale craft operation to high volume production using NWA’s Quality Analyst and Quality Monitor.  Kettle Foods is taking the challenge to expand its presence in mainline supermarkets and to compete with the big mass production chips.  To cover the [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/03/12/spc-casebook-how-kettle-foods-maintained-the-quality-of-the-artisan-potato-chip-and-achieved-high-volume-production/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/03/01/data-collection-solution/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/03/01/data-collection-solution/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:01:14 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=3063
The problems with paper based systems of data collection and the case for implementing a computer based SPC system for the production process.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2009/03/01/data-collection-solution/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/25/adept-scientific-helps-british-energy-cut-costs/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/25/adept-scientific-helps-british-energy-cut-costs/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:26:29 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2615
British Energy uses Quality Monitor, a Northwest Analytical statistical process control and data collection system, to standardised workflow processes to be built to match the needs of a specific facility, stores data from multiple workstations in a central database and provides live charting and analysis of quality data. Password required.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/25/adept-scientific-helps-british-energy-cut-costs/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/20/over-the-three-shifts-we-are-saving-about-5000-a-year-2/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/20/over-the-three-shifts-we-are-saving-about-5000-a-year-2/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:25:23 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2447
“And the most recent release of NWA Quality Monitor is reducing the labour time even further.” –Keith John, BAS Components]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/20/over-the-three-shifts-we-are-saving-about-5000-a-year-2/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/06/british-energy-cutting-costs-and-improving-performance-2/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/06/british-energy-cutting-costs-and-improving-performance-2/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 10:46:03 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2465
British Energy saves money and improves the reliability and flexibility of its Chemistry condition monitoring system using Quality Monitor from Northwest Analytical (NWA) (Portland, Oregon).]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/06/british-energy-cutting-costs-and-improving-performance-2/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/british-energy-replaces-lims-to-improve-efficiency/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/british-energy-replaces-lims-to-improve-efficiency/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:03:25 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2586
British Energy has turned to Northwest Analytical (NWA) and Adept Scientific to improve the reliability and flexibility of its chemistry condition monitoring system.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/british-energy-replaces-lims-to-improve-efficiency/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/a-clean-bill-of-health/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/a-clean-bill-of-health/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:54:04 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2468
Environmental studies often involve handling large data sets. Greg Blackman looks at some of the environmental monitoring applications using data management systems]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/a-clean-bill-of-health/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/adept-saves-costs-at-british-energy/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/adept-saves-costs-at-british-energy/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 10:45:43 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2462
British Energy improves the reliability and flexibility of its Chemistry condition monitoring system using Quality Monitor from Northwest Analytical (NWA).]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/05/adept-saves-costs-at-british-energy/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/03/british-energy-cutting-costs-and-improving-performance/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/03/british-energy-cutting-costs-and-improving-performance/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 11:41:21 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2414
Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) helps British Energy to save money and improve the reliability and flexibility of its Chemistry condition monitoring system using Quality Monitor from Northwest Analytical (NWA) (Portland, Oregon). Doing its ‘bit’ to fight the credit crunch and combat ever increasing rises in fuel prices, British Energy are very conscious that it’s new [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/03/british-energy-cutting-costs-and-improving-performance/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/01/better-quality-across-the-board-3/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/01/better-quality-across-the-board-3/#comments Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:24:40 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=3251
The UK’s largest manufacturer of plasterboard and dry lining systems – British Gypsum – is using Quality Monitor Software from Northwest Analytical to implement consistent quality processes and improved productivity in plants throughout the UK.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/11/01/better-quality-across-the-board-3/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/10/27/standard-software-system-promises-better-quality-across-the-board/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/10/27/standard-software-system-promises-better-quality-across-the-board/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:49:52 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2548
British Gypsum, a major UK manufacturer of plasterboard and dry lining systems, is using Quality Monitor software from Northwest Analytical, supplied by Adept Scientific, to implement consistent quality processes and improved productivity in plants throughout the UK]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/10/27/standard-software-system-promises-better-quality-across-the-board/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/09/02/quality-in-the-blood/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/09/02/quality-in-the-blood/#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:22:04 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2337
As part of the NHS, the National Blood Service (NBS) is responsible for collecting, testing, processing, storing and issuing 2.1m donations of blood every year. The products processed by the service include blood, blood components and products made from blood and tissues, which are then made available throughout England and north Wales. Its work includes [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/09/02/quality-in-the-blood/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/07/24/the-welsh-blood-service-improves-quality-with-spc/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/07/24/the-welsh-blood-service-improves-quality-with-spc/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:46:47 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2279
Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) and the Welsh Blood Service (Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales) are working together to develop their quality processes ensuring their blood products continue to meet tough regulations. With a remit that includes checking the quality of blood from donors, quality control for blood components and analysis of attributes on third party blood [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/07/24/the-welsh-blood-service-improves-quality-with-spc/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/06/20/spc-casebook-nuclear-energy/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/06/20/spc-casebook-nuclear-energy/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:35:46 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2833
Read how British Energy has saved money and improved the reliability and flexibility of its chemistry condition monitoring system with Northwest Analytical’s Quality Monitor.]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/06/20/spc-casebook-nuclear-energy/feed/ 0 http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/06/20/plasterboarder-builds-up-quality-monitoring-software/ http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/06/20/plasterboarder-builds-up-quality-monitoring-software/#comments Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:30:10 +0000 admin http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/?p=2374
British Gypsum is using Quality Monitor Software from Northwest Analytical, supplied by Adept Scientific, to implement consistent quality processes and improved productivity in plants throughout the UK. Plasterboard manufacturer British Gypsum is the UK’s largest plaster, plasterboard and related products manufacturer. The company has been making plasterboard for more than a century and today produces [...]]]> http://www.adeptscience.co.uk/media_room/2008/06/20/plasterboarder-builds-up-quality-monitoring-software/feed/ 0